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February 6, 2015

• Five things to watch at Suburban, Sunflower and EKL swimming league meets
• Gov. Sam Brownback is cutting aid to Kansas schools by $44.5 million
• Kansas bill would ban use of writer’s job title in newspaper opinion pieces
• Bloch School leader: No. 1 ranking lacked credibility
• Readorama: Gary Kremer has spent a career studying Missouri black history
• Lawyer apologizes for making DeflateGate joke during Aaron Hernandez murder trial
• On ‘Kiss Cam,’ guy smooches his beer before his girl
• Tom Hanks and ‘Cast Away’ co-star Wilson are reunited
• Upset Chris Paul on NBA referee Lauren Holtkamp: ‘This might not be for her’
• Chris Pratt made good on Super Bowl bet and showed up as Star Lord to visit sick children
• Northland man is sentenced for handcuffing son to basement support beam
• Cruise trends 2015: Snow rooms, better Wi-Fi and other wows
• Kate Henrich of Overland Park binds and decorates handcrafted books
• Countertop composting catches on among apartment-dwellers
• Sporting KC’s Kempin could make national-team debut on Sunday
• California firefighters rescue horse stuck in bathtub
• Mail truck stolen in KC
• Missouri boy’s family accused of staging kidnapping to teach a lesson
• Defeating ISIS is a challenge to unite U.S. and Arab nations
• The Star’s high school athletes of the week (Feb. 5)
• Readers share views on Kansas taxes, the Sumner Academy piano and Gov. Chris Christie
• 2015 Lexus IS 250: A right-sized sports sedan
• Excelsior Springs man now has the Corvette he longed for: 1969 convertible
• Exploding technology pushes automotive repair instructors, students to keep up
• At Hendrick Toyota Scion, wearing jeans raises money for charities
• Married 81 years, couple is still going strong in Olathe and will receive award Saturday
• Man dies after being shot several times in Kansas City, Kan.
• Chris Koster makes recommendations to increase minority peace officers, ease public-police tensions
• Kansas City man pleads guilty in murder of UMKC student
• Lawyer withdraws from F. Glenn Miller Jr.’s defense team
• New owner Lamar Hunt Jr. stays true to Mavericks’ colors
• Surveillance photos catch man suspected of robbing KCK convenience store
• Final She’s A Pistol suspect released from hospital
• Notorious criminal is headed back to prison for another long stay
• Independence man is missing
• ‘Fifty Shades of Hay … Baby?’ Our parody reaches its stirring conclusion
• A Greek myth retold with humor
• Lamar Hunt Jr. purchases the Missouri Mavericks
• NBC launches internal probe on Brian Williams claims
• Victim of Douglas County ATV crash identified
• Serious traffic crash reported on Noland Road in Kansas City
• Judge: While appalling, upskirt photos of teen at Target not illegal
• Kansas City was crucial to eternal sunshine of Ernie Banks
• Islamic State claims Jordan airstrike kills female U.S. hostage
• Authorities release the name of man killed in KC house fire
• Independence duplex fire injures two
• Professor calls on UMKC to return another Bloch School honor
• ‘Prairie Home’ fan Thile excited about subbing for Keillor
• TheChat: Gov. Jay Nixon touts Missouri’s standing in the auto world
• The Star’s high school basketball rankings (Feb. 5)
• Obit: ‘We blame Seahawks lousy play call for Mike’s death’
• Winning numbers for Thursday, Feb. 5
• DIY With Dawn: A bacon bouquet, melted crayon hearts and a puzzle of love for Valentine’s Day
• Grittier Laura Ingalls Wilder memoir a surprise blockbuster
• Jury awards Sprint $27.6 million in patent dispute with Comcast
• The week ahead: Cerner reports its quarterly earnings on Tuesday
• Missouri hires Ryan Walters as new safeties coach
• Missouri-Texas A&M men’s basketball preview
• Novel ‘Driving the King’ rewrites a verse in singer Nat King Cole’s life story
• ‘Etta and Otto and Russell and James’: A 2,000-mile walk away from truth
• TurboTax resumes processing state tax returns after halting because of fraud reports
• Sprint is owed $6 million in RadioShack bankruptcy
• Kansas City ranks in the top five in entrepreneurship competition
• More Americans are finally seeing something new: A pay raise
• TurboTax stops processing state tax returns on fraud reports
• U.S. gains 257,000 jobs, wages rise
• Mutual Fund Store acquires Stuart Woodbury Insurance
• Royals, Duffy settle on $2.425 million contract; three arbitration cases remain
• KU basketball defense on the rise, but still has room for improvement
• Kansas-Oklahoma State men’s basketball preview
• Even as KU heats up from deep, Bill Self content to keep similar offensive philosophy
• Great time to visit Brookwood Farms
• First place on the line for UMKC vs. New Mexico State
• UMKC rolls by Texas-Pan American, will play for first place in the WAC on Saturday
• Kansas game wardens seeking tips in shooting of bald eagle